It is possible that in a little less than two weeks we will already know the new Apple Watch Series 7 , a watch that will change its design for the first time in the history of the apple brand. Precisely in this context of upcoming launch, from The Wall Street Journal Apple’s projects have advanced to improve the health sector together with this device. Although the negative part and that we advanced in the headline is that with almost total probability, we will not see them in this next version.
New sensors that will help health
In the aforementioned media they mention that internal sources of the company led by Tim Cook have allowed them to have access to internal data in which some of the development plans around the Apple Watch are detailed. The most outstanding? Well, first of all, a thermometer that would serve, how could it be otherwise, to measure our internal temperature. This is something that had already been widely rumored and that it seems that it could be a reality in 2022 and who knows if with an alert system when you have a fever or something similar.
Another sensor that is being considered is the one that measures blood pressure , being able to highlight when it is increasing and therefore alert of hypertension. And this is a feature that Apple would have liked to implement already this year, but they say in TWSJ that they seem to have faced problems to fully develop this technology.
It is believed that the problem found is related to the way in which the measurement would be carried out, since it would not be done by means of an inflatable cuff as is usually done, but by means of a complex system of measuring waves of a beat through the arteries. A system that in the end requires many readjustments that, unfortunately, have not yet received the green light.
What will the Series 7 bring in this area?
Probably nothing. Or at least nothing new. Of course, the next Apple watch will continue to bring functions that have been added over the years, such as the heart rate meter, the electrocardiogram or the blood oxygen meter. However, it is not expected to bring any of those that we mentioned that are being developed, basically because of that, since the completion of the Series 7 was due to close at the beginning of the year.
It is clear that some of these could have been very beneficial to introduce, not in the Series 7, but in the Series 6 last year. And all this in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it must be taken into account that beyond the technical development process, these functions also require approval by various medical entities.
Render of what could be the Apple Watch Series 7
There can always be some surprise and that, combining the sensors already exposed, a new app may arise with which to interact and obtain more extensive or precise data. But it doesn’t seem like there is going to be anything revolutionary in this regard either. In the end, the improvements that it will bring, beyond an aesthetic change , will be a more used front with somewhat larger screens and an increase in the battery that it was already missing.
